Kill for Love
The boys on the row are only after one thing, but that bullshit’s for pledges. Tiffany’s on the hunt for something more.
Kill for Love is a searing satirical thriller about Tiffany, a privileged Los Angeles sorority sister who is struggling to keep her sadistic impulses—and haunting nightmares of fire and destruction—at bay. After a frat party hookup devolves into a bloody, fatal affair, Tiffany realizes something within her has awoken: the insatiable desire to kill attractive young men.
As Tiffany’s bloodlust deepens and the bodies pile up, she must contend with mounting legal scrutiny, social media-fueled competing murders, and her growing relationship with Weston, who she thinks could be the perfect boyfriend. A female-driven, modern-day American Psycho, Kill for Love exposes modern toxic plasticity with dark comedy and propulsive plot.
Praise for Kill for Love
"Kill for Love scorches and scalds like a late-summer LA wildfire. Alongside her heroine, Tiffany, Picklesimer peels back the city's beautiful skin to reveal the brute forces required to maintain its shiny surfaces, and the result is as nakedly violent as it is dazzlingly compelling." — Alexandra Romanoff, author of Big Fan and Square Waves
"Kill for Love weaves a darkly comedic tale of privilege and power set against the ever-present dangers Los Angeles faces with increasing intensity each year. Tiffany is captivating and wonderfully terrifying.” — Lisa Glatt, author of The Nakeds
"A tonal blend of Promising Young Woman and American Psycho, Picklesimer's electric narrative masterfully combines propulsive genre pulp with incisive prose that dissects societal-imposed gender norms and subverts all expectations of what a female antihero can be." — Peter Malone Elliott, screenwriter and author of Blue Ridge
"Picklesimer’s debut is a blood- and sun-soaked satire. Subversive and thrilling, its manicured fist goes straight for your jugular." — Meg Hafdahl, Bram Stoker-nominated co-author of The Science of Women in Horror
"Kill For Love is an edgy, thrilling satire. Sorority sister Tiffany is a character for the ages, who torches all other serial killers and leaves her own blazing and magnificent trail. Trust me when I say, this is one to be devoured!" — Lee Matthew Goldberg, author of The Ancestor and The Mentor
“Kill for Love is a propulsive and provocative thriller with a sly sense of humor and a keenly observed portrayal of the violence that lurks beneath the surface of the glamorous sorority scene and the sun-baked excesses and failures of Los Angeles. Picklesimer’s writing is visceral and sensory, bringing out the sharp edges of her polished protagonist, whose cathartic rage is shocking, fun and terrifying in equal measure.” — Launch Pad Writing Competitions
"This disruptive debut heralds Picklesimer as a newcomer to watch." —Publishers Weekly
"Neatly flips the formula of the male serial killer on its bashed-in head." — Kirkus Reviews
“Picklesimer’s debut...presents a chilling character study that transcends the surface of a sociopathic sorority sister and delves into the unsettling complexities beneath.” — Library Journal
“The author’s debut is a female American Psycho and a pitch-black thriller that is impossible to put down once you start it.” (translated from Italian) — Vanity Fair Italia
Praise for Laura Picklesimer
“In her clear and visceral sentences that evoke a world both like and unlike our own, Picklesimer places you completely in the narrator’s haunting, singular journey.” — Rachel Khong, author of Goodbye, Vitamin and Real Americans
Features, Interviews & Spotlights
“The Age of the ‘Feminist American Psycho’ Thriller Has Arrived” — Literary Hub
“The Best Debut Books of 2023” — Debutiful
“The 10 Best Crime Novels Coming Out in September” — CrimeReads
“The 17 Best Book Covers of September” — Literary Hub
“Celebrate Wild, Wicked, and Unapologetic Women This Women’s History Month” — BookTrib
“Interview with Laura Picklesimer: The Fierce Feminity of ‘Kill for Love’” — Angelica Cora, The Italian Reve
Kill for Love’s Awards
National Indie Excellence Award Finalist for Best Thriller (2024)
Launch Pad Prose Competition: Top Book Prize (2021)
Book Pipeline’s Unpublished Contest: Grand Prize for Best Thriller/Mystery (2020)
Arch Street Press First Pages Contest: Grand Prize (2019)
Stockholm Writing Festival First Pages: Longlist (2019)
